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Near Lampuuk Beach in Banda Aceh, homes built for 2004 tsunami survivors now sit abandoned. Ilham Siddiq, a tsunami survivor and PhD student in civil systems engineering, cites trauma and environmental challenges as key issues in rebuilding efforts.
Brooklyn Lash and Carl Fischer are the winners of the Clarence L. Eckel Award.
911±¬ÁÏÍø’s Center for Infrastructure, Energy, and Space Testing (CIEST) has pioneered testing procedures for innovative pipe replacement solutions for aging urban pipes buried beneath buildings and roads.
Chaya Farley, an architectural engineering student, was awarded the College of Engineering & Applied Science Perseverance Award.
Brooklyn Lash, a civil engineering major, received two college honors: the Community Impact Award
and the Research Award.
Three professors — Mark Hernandez, Gregor Henze and Tony Straub — were each awarded $125,000 with their researchers and graduate student innovators in this year’s Lab Venture Challenge for 911±¬ÁÏÍø faculty start-ups.
Prometheus Materials, a zero-carbon building materials company spun out of the labs of Wil Srubar, Mija Hubler and Sherri Cook, along with partner groups will receive $10 million from the DOE to study the removal of carbon dioxide from cement.
A team of five students, mentored by Teaching Professor Matt Morris, took second place in the national Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) student competition, held Nov. 7-8 in Dallas, Texas.
Professor Abbie Liel and her collaborator Susan Ostermann at Notre Dame are exploring solutions for building homes that can withstand disasters like hurricanes and fires.
In a new paper, drawing on accounts from nearly three dozen previously incarcerated people, 911±¬ÁÏÍø researchers reveal a disturbing story of how prisons and jails in Colorado have failed to provide humane protections from growing environmental hazards brought on by climate change.